Richard S. Westfall
Richard S. Westfall publishes mostly in History and Philosophy of Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics and History, on topics such as History of Science and Medicine, Historical Philosophy and Science and Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies.
- World rank
- #19,831 of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
- Rank in United States
- #9,430 of 358,040
- Works
- 58
- Citations
- 256
- Citations per work
- 4.4
What does Richard S. Westfall research?
Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.
- 1History and Philosophy of Science51% of their works
- 2Astronomy and Astrophysics7% of their works
- 3History7% of their works
- 4Anthropology5% of their works
- 5Education3% of their works
- 6Sociology and Political Science3% of their works
Research topics
Which keywords describe Richard S. Westfall's research?
The keywords of their largest research topics: Medicine, Philosophy, History, Science, Innovation, Technology, Colonialism and Natural Philosophy.
- Thomas Hobbes
- Research Methodology
- Peer Review Process
- Education
- Radio Astronomy
- Environmental History
- Natural Philosophy
- Technology
- Science
- Philosophy
- Medicine
- History
- Innovation
- Colonialism
- Scientific Culture
- Knowledge Production
- Transits of Venus
- Hugo Grotius
- Qualitative Research
- Roman Economy
- Urban Workshops
Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.
All 21 words, with their numbers
- Medicine283 topics
- Philosophy212 topics
- History192 topics
- Science192 topics
- Innovation121 topic
- Technology121 topic
- Colonialism92 topics
- Natural Philosophy91 topic
- Scientific Culture91 topic
- Environmental History71 topic
- Knowledge Production71 topic
- Radio Astronomy31 topic
- Transits of Venus31 topic
- Education21 topic
- Hugo Grotius21 topic
- Peer Review Process21 topic
- Qualitative Research21 topic
- Research Methodology21 topic
- Roman Economy21 topic
- Thomas Hobbes21 topic
- Urban Workshops21 topic
Where does Richard S. Westfall work?
Richard S. Westfall's main affiliation in the publication record is Indiana University, United States.
How many publications and citations does Richard S. Westfall have?
Science Explorer counts 58 works and 256 citations for Richard S. Westfall, ranking #19,831 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.
Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.
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